{"product_id":"9780802478719","title":"Taking the Lead","description":"The \u003ci\u003eAlec London Series\u003c\/i\u003e is a series written for boys, 8  – 12 years old.  Alec London is introduced in Stephanie Perry Moore's  previously released series, The Morgan Love Series.  In this new series, readers  get a glimpse of Alec's life up close and personal. The series provides moral lessons  that will aid in character development, teaching boys how to effectively deal  with the various issues they face at this stage of life. The series will also help boys  develop their english and math skills as they read through the stories and complete  the entertaining and educational exercises provided at the end of each chapter and  in the back of the book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlec is excited about being the fastest runner in  school and being voted 5th grade class president.  Tyrod, on the other hand  is not excited about this at all because he used to be the fastest runner in school.   To regain the title he challenges Alec to a rematch.  The PE teacher has a  better idea.  He invites both Alec and Tyrod to be a part of the school track  team.  Determined to not let Tyrod stop him from having fun, Alec joins  the team. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJust when he starts to have fun after learning how to ignore  Tyrod, Alec finds out that his grandmother is getting sicker from the cancer.   Alec has a hard time accepting this news about his grandmother and things start  to fall apart.  He stops hanging out with his friends, including his close  buds, Morgan and Trey. He lets the class meetings get out of order.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt's  not until Alec starts volunteering with a Special Olympics team that he starts  to be himself again. As he works with the team he realizes that if kids who are  physically limited can give their all...so can he.  Alec gets  excited all over again and kicks thing into gear.  He brings the  5th grade class back together to work on the end-of-the-yearactivities.  He  works hard making things right with Tyrod and becoming friends with him.   He does his part on the track relay team and helps them win the county title. In  the midst of all of these great things happening, Alec loses his grandmother.   As he deal with his sadness, he is able to hold on to a spark of hope as he  thinks about how proud his grandmother would be of him for taking the  lead and using the skills God gave him to help others.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Moody Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47128531239152,"sku":"9780802478719","price":1.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780802478719_p0.jpg?v=1763726064","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780802478719","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}